Navy points Algorithm

[x0o]

400*rank + 2*sqrt(xp) + 2*sqrt(gold/5) + 6*crewpoints + sqrt(totshipstrength/10)

I do not now how the algorithm is written in the scripts at the moment. But I do believe there to be a bug when you got 0 ships (after loosing a fleet for example). What this does is that you get 0 points in navy rank total until you got a ship.

I tried this one out over several ticks by building ships and then selling it before the tick ended. This does that the algorithm tries to divide 0 (totshipstrength) by 10. Am I correct in that assumption? PHP would then throw an error cause you can't divide by zero. When this happen the script should fail right?

Or am I totally wrong in my thoughts here? Is there a catch on totshipstrenght != 0?

[Twisted]

It doesn't divide by zero, it tries to divide zero.

[x0o]

Ofc it can't divide by zero. But you get my point don't you?

[Twisted]

No I don't see your point.

If you don't have any ships, the last part of the formula will be zero: sqrt(0/10) = 0. Now if the formula said srt(10/totalshipstrenght) you'd have a problem if you didn't have any ships. Now you just don't have any points for not having any ships.

[x0o]

The formula should still give points related to gold and xp. In this case after having 0 ships you get 0points total in navy rank. Which is not correct, right?

[Twisted]

Well according to the formula it isn't. But the reason is not in the "dividing by zero" as you state. There is no dividing by zero in this formula.

[x0o]

Got me there, I was thinking wrong. But it's still a mishap that you get 0points total with no ships.

[Zalastra]

That's never the case though? Just look at the lowest ranked navy players: 600 points. That's what you start with, exactly according to the formula.

[x0o]

In this case it's about already established players. For example after you lose all your ships, alternatively sell them. There's plenty of players who can testify that you get 0 points after that.

[b24019]

ive never seen people in the ranking with 0 points, what i do see alot is that if u refresh navy exactly at tic it shows 0 points, whether u sold or bought ships or whatever. that suggests to me that it takes a few seconds to calculate your rankingpoints, position in ranks etc. maybe thats why it showed 0 to u as well? or did u stay at 0 for an entire tic?

[x0o]

Stayed at 0 points over ticks. Ordered a schooner, it was ready at the tick still 0 points. Sold it before the tick ended and built a new one, still 0 points. Same procedure 1 more tick with same results. After keeping the schooner over 1 tick I got back my points =P